Comparison of the 2010 and 2019 diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) in two cohorts of Swedish older adults

• Published in: BMC geriatrics Vol. 21; no. 1; p. 600
• Main Authors: Wallengren, Ola, Bosaeus, Ingvar, Frändin, Kerstin, Lissner, Lauren, Falk Erhag, Hanna, Wetterberg, Hanna, Rydberg Sterner, Therese, Rydén, Lina, Rothenberg, Elisabet, Skoog, Ingmar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 26.10.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: 80 and over; Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Ageing; Clinical Medicine; Comparative analysis; Diagnosis; Diagnostic criteria; epidemiology; EWGSOP; Female; Gait speed; Geriatrics; Geriatrik; H70; Hand Strength; Handgrip strength; Humans; Klinisk medicin; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medical examination; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Mortality; Muscle mass; Population sample; Practice guidelines (Medicine); Prevalence; Sarcopenia; Statistics; Sweden; Walking Speed; Sweden

Abstract Background The operational definition of sarcopenia has been updated (EWGSOP2) and apply different cut-off points compared to previous criteria (EWGSOP1). Therefore, we aim to compare the sarcopenia prevalence and the association with mortality and dependence in activities of daily living u...